re: Exposing The Myth Of The "Racist South" After The Civil Rights Movement(Posted by davesdawgs on 3/29/13 at 10:05 am to EZE Tiger Fan)

quote:It can't be stressed enough: The Republican party freed slaves, promoted Civil Rights, and spearheaded a woman's right to vote. I mentioned in a thread last week that all three of these items have come back to haunt the Republican party due to the successfull revisionist history by today's Progressives, their teachers, and their media. No good deed goes unpunished with this group, and the entire Republican Party should know this.

This is why control of all information, learning institutions, all forms of media, etc. is the biggest issue for Republicans. No change in principals are needed. Catering to liberal policies is not the answer. Convincing the public of the value and importance of conservative principals is the answer. You need look no further than the Dem solution for inner city problems and government dependency in general to realize that their policies are a dismal failure.

re: Exposing The Myth Of The "Racist South" After The Civil Rights Movement(Posted by Bayou Sam on 3/29/13 at 10:27 am to EZE Tiger Fan)

So let me get this straight. Are you denying that the dixiecrats became republicans?

In any case, in order to decide the evidence, you can't just look at who the states as a whole voted for, because that tells you virtually nothing about the make-up of a population or the motivations o different blocs and coalitions.

And I'd still like to know what my "narrative" is and how this article disproves my "narrative".

re: Exposing The Myth Of The "Racist South" After The Civil Rights Movement(Posted by Antonio Moss on 3/29/13 at 10:28 am to Zamoro10)

quote:The South wasn't Republican back then, the South was heavily Democrat.

The South shifted Republican briefly after the Civil War until the Democrats redrafted state constitutions to institute poll taxes and literary tests to prevent minorities from voting. There is a constant cycle in American history of Democrats rewriting the rules to retain political power. Our state is a great example of that.

re: Exposing The Myth Of The "Racist South" After The Civil Rights Movement(Posted by SlowFlowPro on 3/29/13 at 10:31 am to Bayou Sam)

quote:you can't just look at who the states as a whole voted for, because that tells you virtually nothing about the make-up of a population or the motivations o different blocs and coalitions.

well the general argument is that the southern states voted for republicans due to civil rights/black people/racism

so the general argument is one based on implied motivations of different blocs and coalitions

why did these groups take so long to "fit the narrative" of switching to the GOP? if the argument is that they, as a region, supported the GOP, why were they voting for Carter in 76? is it just b/c he's from GA?

quote:And I'd still like to know what my "narrative" is

i think it is that

quote: dixiecrats became republicans

or most precisely, that racist, southern Democrats became Republicans, while DEMs everywhere else flipped the script and championed civil rights and eliminated racism from their ranks